Module 1: Readiness Pre-Assessment
This module assumes you know and can do the following: (click to open drop-down)
Learning Theory
Backward Design as a framework for designing instruction
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Competency
Develop and deliver valid and reliable assessments, projects, and assignments that meet standards-based criteria and assess learning progress by measuring student achievement of learning goals. (Aurora Institute)
Learning Outcomes
Identify the purpose of readiness pre-assessment and its characteristics.
Create a readiness pre-assessment.
Interpret data to differentiate instruction.
What I will DO in this module:
Describe what a readiness pre-assessment is and why it is important.
Explain characteristics of high-quality readiness pre-assessments.
Create a readiness pre-assessment for a unit of instruction using tools and resources provided.
Learn how to interpret readiness pre-assessment data as a starting point to differentiate instruction.
LEARNING PATHWAY
Start with the pre-assessment (below) to determine your path.
Use the Module Slide Deck in the Module Resources below to begin your learning pathway.
The learning tasks below are in a similar order to the order of the Module Slide Deck, and slide numbers are often referenced for your convenience.
Assessment and Feedback Module 1 Pre-Assessments.pdfLAUNCH
TALK ABOUT/THINK ABOUT
Why should instructors use pre-assessment?
LEARN
LEARN ABOUT
Readiness pre-assessment
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Flexible grouping patterns
Four Fundamentals of Useful Readiness Pre-Assessment
TALK ABOUT/THINK ABOUT
How do you gain useful information from pre-assessments?
What do you need to know about your content in order to use appropriate pre-assessment?
DO
Design and interpret a readiness pre-assessment
Use a readiness pre-assessment process
REFLECT
SHARE
How has your view of pre-assessment changed?
What will you be sure to incorporate into your practice moving forward?
COLLABORATE
How will you work collaboratively with your cohort to provide flexible grouping opportunities for your students to meet them where they are in terms of need?
TALK ABOUT/THINK ABOUT
How can you use your prioritized standards and proficiency criteria to help you develop readiness pre-assessments?
What role does vertical articulation play in this topic of readiness pre-assessment of skills and knowledge needed to be successful with grade level standards?
MODULE RESOURCES
Classroom Assessment Learning Module: Pre-AssessmentReadiness PreAssessment Recording.mp4
Shepard - 2000 - The role of assessment in a learning culture.pdfTurning the Lights On - PreAssessment.pdfPreAssessment Tool.docxPreAssessment Tool_Gr 5 Math Example.docxPreAssessment Tool_MS Science Example.docxPreAssessment Tool_Gr 1 ELA Example_v2.docxPreAssessment Tool_Gr 7 Visual Arts Example.docxAssessment and Feedback Module 1 Pre-Assessments.pdfCHECKPOINT
Use the Checkpoint to help you check your thinking and doing with the learning targets in this module, determine whether you are ready to move on to the next module, and select “must do” or “may do” content of this module that is needed for additional clarification and/or practice.
MAY DO:
Practice Exercise 1: Use the readiness pre-assessment tool to create a pre-assessment for an upcoming unit of instruction
Start with the goals of the instructional unit.
Create prerequisite questions/activities.
Predict instructional implications.
Practice Exercise 2: Examine student work from a readiness pre-assessment you created or administered and try your hand at sorting and determining strengths/needs (use the table on slide 31)
CELEBRATION OF LEARNING
Use the Celebration of Learning to synthesize key ideas gained, network with others inside and outside of your district, crowdsource knowledge and/or design ideas, and to extend your learning beyond this module.
MAY DO:
Continue your learning by reading;
Article: “Turning on the lights: What pre-assessments can do
Collaborate with collaborative teacher teams creating pre-assessments for upcoming units
Continue your collaboration on other forms of assessment and their uses:
